diff --git a/contribs/freight/pom.xml b/contribs/freight/pom.xml
index 52eb3942031..e6bcdab4bb8 100644
--- a/contribs/freight/pom.xml
+++ b/contribs/freight/pom.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-			<version>2.7.2</version>
+			<version>2.7.3</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- This comes from jsprit, but is outdated there. Unclear, when the next release is coming.
 			 Currently (Jan'23), there is a beta version which needs some code adaptions on our side -> will not use it directly...